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Deceased soldier who, according to military prosecutors, was sexually assaulted by another soldier in Fort Bliss, Texas, later died of a mixture of fentanyl and synthetic cannabinoids, a doctor found military coroner published Wednesday.
Pfc. Asia Graham, 19, was assigned to the 1st Armored Division when she was found unconscious in her barracks room at Fort Bliss on the morning of December 31, 2020.
Another soldier of the 1st Armored Division, Pfc. Christian G. Alvarado, faces court martial this week for several sexual assaults over the past year, including the alleged rape of Graham in 2019 while she was unconscious.
The Armed Forces Medical Examiner, based at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, determined that Graham’s cause and manner of death was accidental drug poisoning (fentanyl and several synthetic cannabinoids), according to a brief description. findings published by officials at Fort Hood. .
Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid similar to morphine but 50 to 100 times more potent, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Synthetic cannabinoids are synthetic mind-altering chemicals that can be vaporized on dried plants for smoking or vaporized and inhaled in electronic cigarettes.
Other details surrounding Graham’s death are still under investigation by the Army CID. A spokesperson for the CID did not immediately return a request for comment on Wednesday afternoon.
Alvarado was arraigned in Fort Bliss in January on three allegations of sexual assault, two allegations of false statements and one aggravated assault in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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Alvarados’ court martial began Monday and is expected to last the rest of the week, according to military minutes posted online.
Alvarado is accused of raping Graham while she was unconscious in late December 2019, in Fort Bliss, according to his indictments. Graham was found dead about a year after the alleged assault.
Graham had been posted to Fort Bliss, his first duty station, for only a month before the incident. Army CID officials said earlier this year that they did not suspect any foul play in his death.
Alvarados’ trial follows a year in which sexual assault and harassment in the military has attracted increased public scrutiny and exposed chronic failures at Fort Hood, another Texas military post, which, according to an independent committee, could reflect problems in other facilities.
Alvarado is also accused of committing two other sexual assaults on May 8 and August 26. The names of these victims were redacted from the indictments, although Graham’s name was not.
During the May 8 indictment, Alvarado had sex with a woman too drunk to consent, according to the indictments. On August 26, he sexually assaulted another woman, the indictments added.
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